A total solar eclipse will pass over much of San Antonio on Monday, April 8, 2024. Areas that are not in the path of totality will experience a spectacular partial eclipse.
Use this guide to learn more about the eclipse, local events, safety information, and maps.
If you would like to purchase eclipse viewing glasses or related equipment, the American Astronomical Society has compiled this list of suppliers.
All library locations have run out of eclipse glasses.
Un eclipse solar total pasará sobre gran parte de San Antonio el lunes 8 de abril de 2024. Las áreas que no están en el camino de la totalidad experimentarán un espectacular eclipse parcial.
Use esta guía para obtener más información sobre el eclipse, eventos locales, información de seguridad, mapas y cronogramas.
Todas las ubicaciones de la biblioteca se han quedado sin lentes para ver el eclipse.
Eclipse Chaser by
The August 2017 solar eclipse is the chance of a lifetime for astronomer Shadia Habbal--years of planning come down to one moment of totality. Will everything go off as planned? On August 21, 2017, much of America stood still and looked up as a wide swath of the country experienced totality--a full solar eclipse. Even in areas outside the path of totality, people watched in awe as the moon cast its shadow on the sun. For most, this was simply a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Not so for Shadia Habbal, who travels the world in search of solar eclipses in order to study the sun's corona. Solar wind and storms originating in the corona can have big effects on our planet. They can disrupt technology, expose aircraft to radiation, and even influence global climate change. In the months leading up to the 2017 eclipse, Shadia assembles a team of scientists to set up camp with her in Mitchell, Oregon. Years earlier, a long, expensive trip to Indonesia to study an eclipse failed when the skies remained too cloudy to see it. Shadia is determined to have the 2017 eclipse be a success. Will the computers fail? Will smoke from nearby fires change direction? Will the cloudy skies clear in time? Readers will be on the edge of their seats as they count down the months, days, hours, and finally minutes until totality.
When the Sun Goes Dark by
Help youngsters understand the excitement about the recent solar eclipse with this charming and straightforward story about how eclipses of the Sun and Moon occur. Includes easy activities using ordinary items to make models, and explores common questions kids have. This richly illustrated book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula Hoops, and Ping-Pong balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family explores safe ways to view a solar eclipse and ponders phenomena from sunspots to phases of the Moon. Written by the authors of NSTA's award-winning book Solar Science, When the Sun Goes Dark gives children and adults hands-on techniques for learning the science behind eclipses of the Sun and Moon.
